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how many video cards?

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FlipCody

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I was just thinking that I had bought a lot of video cards over the years. I imagine that many of you have bought a lot more.

I have bought 8 since spring of 1997 (when I bought my first computer). This does not include ones bought for work:

STB Velocity 3D (S3 Virge)
Diamond Monster 3D (voodoo 1, 4mb)
Voodoo 2 12mb
Voodoo 3 3000 16mb
Voodoo 5 5500 64mb
Geforce 3 Ti 200 64mb
ATI 9500 Pro 128mb
6800 GT 256mb

And do you know which card blew me away the most? The Voodoo 1. I will never forget how amazed I was playing Quake for the first time in true 3D (after playing it in 2D).

I don't want to tell you how much I spent on all these...
 
FlipCody said:
I will never forget how amazed I was playing Quake for the first time in true 3D (after playing it in 2D).
Click to expand...

There was a 2D Quake? (ie: side-scrolling)
 
ohh boy..umm this list is only partially complete as i forget the exact names of the really old cards i had

Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus 2mb (used a VESA slot or something i cant remember)
stb velocity 128 (riva 128 4mb)
generic 8mb agp from SiS
ATI xpert2000 32mb (my first overclocking victim!)
geforce2 GTS 32mb (damn i loved this card)
geforce3 ti200 128mb (unstable at stock speeds woo!)
geforce4 ti4400 128mb (killed installing waterblock)
geforce4 ti4600 128mb (probably killed with waterblock too)
radeon 9800pro 128mb (love it)
 
From what I can remember:

Matrox melinum 2 meg
2 meg expantion for card to make it a 4 meg
Orchid Rightus 3dfx Voodoo1 4 meg
Matrox melinum 2 8 meg
diamond 8meg voodoo2
SLI for diamond voodoo 2 but bought 12meg
Second diamond voodoo 2 for true sli loving
Matrox G400max (still have, though not in use)
ati Rage 3d AIW 8meg
ati Rage 3d aiw 16 meg
rage furry
rage furry max
geforce sdr
geforce ddr (oh yea, big improvement)
voodoo 3
voodoo 5
radeon 32meg
radeonvivo 64meg
radeon 7500
radeon 7500aiw
radeon 8500
radeon 8500 aiwDV
radeon 9500
radeon 9700aiw
radeon 9800pro
geforce 6800GT OC

*note, these have all been for main system. there were other cards liek a few random Power VR cards and probably a few cards I forgot, but thats the majority.

Current cards in current systems:

Nvidia 6800gtoc
9700aiw
9600xt
matrox parhelia :)

Greg
 
Oh my!

That is a lot of video cards. That averages out to a new one every 4 months, correct?
 
B3E (before 3D era): various MGA/EGA/VGA cards

C3E:
Yamaha RPA2
Diamond Stealth II S220 (V2100)
Other V2200 cards
Voodoo1
Riva128 <-- first AGP card
V2/V2 SLI
TNT
TNT2
Voodoo3 2000
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce 2
8500 (2: one at launch, 1 a year later)
GF3Ti
GF4 MX/Ti (multiple)
9700/Pro/AIW (multiple)
9800np/Pro (multiple)
5900 (2 different ones)
6800GT

(plus a mixture of various lower speed SiS, Matrox, Trident, Voodoo, GF MX, Rage cards for second systems, etc)
 
Every card ive owned in order of slowest to fastest:

Cirrus Logic 512KB ISA
Matrox MGA Mystiqe 2MB PCI
STB 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB
PNY Geforce2 MX-400 64MB
Jaton Geforce4 MX-420 64MB
Nvidia Geforce4 MX-440-8X 64MB
Gainward Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB
Asus Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB
Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
 
voodoo 2 something something (didnt know much about the things back then)
TNT2 MIA
TNT2 pro dead
rage 128 ultra
g2 mx400 32mb
g2 mx400 64mb
radeon 7200 32mb basicly dead
dell g2 gts 32mb MIA
visiontek g3 original ?mb
MSI g3 ti 200 128mb dead
MSI g4 ti4400 dead
Leadtek g4 ti4600 dead
tyan 9700pro MIA
gigabyte 5900xt
bbati 9800pro current main rig card

various PCs... alot of the cards were 'donated'
 
Cirrus Logic 2MB (Laugh all you want, but I played Quake II on software on this).
Trident 4MB Card
nVidia Riva TNT 16MB
2x Voodoo2 12MB in SLI (one Creative, the other Diamond)
ATi Rage 128 16MB
BestData TNT m64 32MB (barely faster than the ATi)
ATi Radeon 8500 64MB
ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB (in the Alienware)
Elsa GeForce3 64MB
In the near future: X800XT or 6800GT/Ultra
 
V0ltage said:
Every card ive owned in order of slowest to fastest:

Cirrus Logic 512KB ISA
Matrox MGA Mystiqe 2MB PCI
STB 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB
PNY Geforce2 MX-400 64MB
Jaton Geforce4 MX-420 64MB
Nvidia Geforce4 MX-440-8X 64MB
Gainward Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB
Asus Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB
Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Click to expand...

my tseng et4000 1mb pwned ur cirrus logic card ;)
 
I have bought alot...but I will keep it to what I've bought for my main rig ;)

Starting in 1995
512K ISA SVGA $75 New
1024K VLB S3 SVGA $45 New
2MB S3 Virge PCI (ack) $65 New
4MB Sierra Screamin' 3D PCI (Rendition v1000) $65 new
4MB Orchid Righteous 3D PCI (Voodoo 1(it was coupled with the Screamin' 3D)) $50 Used
8MB Hercules Terminator 128 AGP (Intel i740) $19.99 CompUSA closeout. new
32MB Elsa Erazor III AGP (TNT2) $99.99 new
32MB Geforce DDR AGP (oh how I loved that card!) $105 new
64MB Geforce 3 Ti-200 AGP $175 (first newegg video card) new
128MB FIC Radeon 9500 pro AGP $210 new
128MB eVGA Geforce 6800nu AGP $299 new

That about covers it :)
 
Onboard video on Apple IIgs
512kb Trident ISA
4mb Matrox Millenium PCI
12mb Voodoo2, added second 4 months later for SLI
16mb STB Velocity 4400 TNT
32mb off-brand TNT2
128mb Visiontek TI4200
128mb 9800Pro
256mb PNY FX5900 Ultra
Another 9800pro, killed the first :rolleyes:
 
Some generic card
Geforce 3 Ti300
Geforce FX5200 (worst decision....ever..)
Radeon 9600XT
 
Voodoo1 (sold)
Voodoo2 SLI setup (laying around)
ATi Rage 128 Pro or something (dead)
nVidia TNT 2 Ultra Creative (sold)
nVidia Geforce 2 GTS Creative (died) Owned a Geforce 2 MX400 64 as well (sold)
nVidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 Leadtek (sold)
nVidia Geforce FX 5800U BFG (laying around)
nVidia Geforce 6800 Ultra BFG

You know the sad part is, I was going to buy a 9800 Pro, but got a good deal on a 5800U which ended up being annoying. Then I was going to buy an x800 XT PE, but everyone knows you cant find those. BTW these are the video cards for my main machine. I did own a Geforce 3 Ti200, two Geforce 2 MX200s and a Geforce 4 Ti4200 as well.

Not really an Nvidia crazed person its just how the chances came in front of me.
 
Well I've only been "in the loop" since 2000, so I don't have a lot of cards built up, but ive had some of the classics over my time.

S3 ProSavage 8MB
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
ATI Radeon 9500np 128MB with softmod to 9700 (x2)
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
ATI Radeon 9200 128MB
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB

The S3 card was in my first post 2000 system and my first actual video card, all previous systems had intergrated. I then upgraded to the 8500 in early 2002, and wow what an upgrade. After having my faithful 8500 for awhile I jumped in on the 9500np bonanza. I had my first one for awhile in late 2002 to early 2003, but then it died while I was attempting to mod some heatsinks onto it. I then purchased another in mid 2003, had that till late 2003 when it just suddenly died. :(

After that happened, I got a 9600 Pro just as a temporary replacement till the next-gen cards (x800's and 6800's) came out. I had the 9600 Pro for about 5 months and then purchased a 6800 Ultra and thats where I stand today. The 9200 was in a secondary system which now has the 9600 Pro.
 
Trident
Rendition V1000
Voodoo
Riva 128
Voodoo II
Voodoo II SLI
Geforce 256 DDR
Geforce 3
Geforce 4 TI4400
Radeon 9800
Geforce 6800 GT
 
Too many for my pocketbook's sake.

Voodoo 1 (1997)
Voodoo 2 (1999)
Voodoo 3 (2000)
Voodoo 5 (2001)
Geforce 3 (2002)
Geforce 5200 (2003) (What a mistake)
Geforce 5700 Ultra (2003)
Geforce 6800 GT (2004)

Thanks for reminding me! Oh the expense!
 
My first post at HardForum!!! Not sure why I didn't register sooner, I've been reading since 2000.

My list of cards:

Voodoo3 3000 16MB
Hercules GF2 MX 32MB
Hercules GF2 Pro 64MB
Visiontek GF3
Aopen Aeolus GF4 128MB
MSI 6800 128MB

Only listed for main system, alot of other purchases though :) Not a bad list...
 
Geez...

Some sort of Number9 (Imagine, maybe?)
ATi AIW Rage128 Pro
2x Voodoo2 12MBs
3dfx Voodoo3 3500
PNY GeForce2 Ti
2x GF2MX
Leadtek GF3 Ti500
Powercolor Radeon 9800

There are probably a good five or six cards missing from that list, too, from secondary PCs, etc. The only one I actually even still have is the 9800... I thinned the herd to 1 PC this winter.
 
I'm sad to admit it but growing up a child of Nintendo I got in the computer gaming scene late. The first game that got me started on this never ending upgrade battle was MOHAA.
I've bought 1st to latest....
ATi Radeon VE
Voodoo 2 (for an old Gateway that needed something, think I paid $15)
PNY Ti4400 (died)
PNY 5600 Ultra (worse than the 4400, called PNY and they told me tough shit)
ATi 9800 Pro
The future is up in the air, especially since I'm broke as hell right now.
 
man, i remember the day i upgraded to the diamond stealth with it's massive 3dfx processor. hell, i remember when i was blown away when i got to see quake 2 played on a 3dfx card the way it was meant to be played... on my buddy's screaming 450mhz 256 meg gateway.

then the even happier day of the geforce2mx400 64 meg for the mind blowing total of 99 us dollars. oh man i was so fucking gleefully happy.

ti4200 was an "eh" upgrade.

but the 9800pro was another one of those "omg the water tastes better now" moments. :)
 
oh lets see....

Voodoo 1 4MB
Voodoo RUSH 8MB
Quantum3D Voodoo2 12MB x2 (for SLi)
Intel i740 8MB (frist AGP card)
Voodoo3 3000 16MB
Voodoo 5500 64MB
Gforce4 MX440 64MB
Radeon 9000 64MB
Radeon 9600SE 128MB
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
and hopefuly soon a 6800GT

^^
 
ATi Rage Pro 4mb (I think)
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16mb (POS)
Nvidia Geforce 256 DDR (crashed and burned)
Matrox Millennium G400 DH 32 SGRAM (loved this card)
ATi Radeon 9200 128mb
ATi Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb
 
Trident G20 2MB
Voodoo 3 16MB(Big improvement, upgraded for Final Fantasy 7 for PC)
Voodoo 4 32MB
Voodoo 5 64MB
Geforce 3 vanilla (Big improvement)
Geforce Ti 200 (Fried Geforce 3)
Geforce 4 Ti4200
Radeon 9500 Softmodded to 9700 and overclocked to 9700 Pro
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon X800Pro flashed to XT and overclocked to PE speed.

You are right...I have bought a lot of video cards..I never noticed..

Does it ever END?
 
Nvidia TNT 2 32MB
Nvidia GeForce 4 ti4200 64MB
Radeon 7000 Series 64MB
Nvidia MX440SE 64MB
Nvidia FX 5900XT

These are from 2 different computers. I used to have a 486 but I have no idea what was in that. I still have all these cards either laying around or in use.
 
as I may or may not remember.

diamond voodoo something another 4mb?
TNT 8mb?
Hercules Geforce2mx 32mb
Hercules Geforce2gts 64mb
Hercules Geforce3 64 mb
Visiontek Geforce4 ti4600 128mb
Tyan Tachyon 9700pro 128mb 256bit
ATI 9800pro 128mb 256bit
ATI X800pro
 
Ati Xpert98 8mb
Ati Radeon 7200 64mb
Ati Radeon 9500Pro 128mb

Soon... Leadtek 6800GT 256mb
 
These weren't all in the same machine.

TNT2 M64
TNT2 Ultra
2x Voodoo 2 12MB SLI
ATi Rage 128 16mb
Rage Fury Maxx (returned that POS)
GeForce 256
ATi Xpert 2000 Pro
ATi AIW 2000
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce 2MX
GeForce 2Pro
ATi Radeon 9000
ATi Radeon 8500 AIW
GeForce 4MX
2x GeForce Ti4200
GeForce Ti4800SE (Currently Using)
 
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